But that’s not where the contest ends. It’s now up to you to decide which apps win the last 3 prizes up for grabs.

To help you get started we’ve listed our top 20 submissions – jury winners omitted – that are worth installing regardless of whether you intend to vote or not.

Note: The following are not presented in any sort of order.

XKCD Browser

As the name might suggest, XKCD Browserbrings the popular online web-comics on to your desktop.

Comics browser are cached for offline-reading; further infromation on the comic can be viewed by hovering over the image, and Gwibber integration lets you share anything funny you come across to Twitter or Facebook with a simple click.

Postman

As batch image uploaders goPostmanis arguably the slickest. It uses a psedu-literal metaphor for ‘sending’ your photos to Flickr and Ubuntu One; you put photos in the envelope, then attach the ‘stamp’ relating to service you want to send them to.

So far it only supports two services, which makes it less of a batch uploader and more a select one. But the developer does intend to add more destinations in the future.

CuttleFish

Cuttlefish is an ingenious little tool. It allows you to define a set of actions that occur when a certain stimulus is activated.

Okay, it doesn’t sound exciting when worded like that, so here’s an example: you could set up a reflex to deactivate Bluetooth and WiFi when the screen locks; or have Firefox open when you connect to Wifi. You can even set up your wallpaper to change when you plug in a USB device.

The combination of stimulus and resulting reflexes are varied, making Cuttlefish a must-try for Laptop users.

Discuvr

Did you know that Imgur is more than just an image host? It also has a ranking system through which funny or notable images can be ‘rated up’. And the funnier or more poingant the image, the higher it tends to rank.

And its this for which Discvur was made. It provides a desktop-based app for browsing through the latest popular images on Imgur.

Circle

My Downloads folder is in a perpetual state of untidy so I automate the process of sorting files into the correct folders using an application called DayFolder.

Circle is a an application similar to this, but (sadly) not quite as advanced. That’s not to say it isn’t useful. In fact it has one feature DayFolder doesn’t: it can back up your files to Ubuntu One at the same time as sorting them out.

UberWriter

Concentration is an elusive creature, and one quickly untamed by the smallest distraction. To help focus many writers choose to work in “distraction free” text-editors.

UberWriter is one such tool.

With a native looking interface; full-screen mode; various export options; and a neat ‘focus’ mode, it’s an app well worth trying out if you’re looking to knuckle-down and concentrate on finishing that essay, fan-fic, or love letter to us.

LockBox

Lockbox is a digital safe. It allows you to set up an encrypted virtual drive in which you can safely store important files.

The tool guides you through the set-up of a super-secure GPG key; your virtual drive can be as small or as large as you like (tip: don’t make it needlessly large); choose between EXt2,3 and 4 formats; etc.

Once created you “unlock” the box to have it mount like an additional drive. Move your files into it and then eject. Lock your box back up and your files are now stored safely behind a wall of super-tight encryption.